Speculative Fiction

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Claire G Coleman

Date:

15 January 2019 - 10:00
to
4:00 PM

With:

Claire G Coleman

Rating:

Early, Emerging

Speculative fiction—a broad category that can include science-fiction, fantasy, horror and literary spec fic—is a powerful platform for expressing ideas. A writer can create a world in which to tell any story, build a bespoke world rather than create a story within the constraints of the “real” world. Story is bigger than the world.

Please note: this workshop will be Auslan interpreted

You will learn

The power of speculative fiction

Ways to use speculative fiction in your own work

How to build a world for your story and characters

Genres within speculative fiction and the importance of understanding genre conventions of each

The end game: getting your speculative fiction edited and published

About Claire G Coleman

Claire G Coleman is a Wirlomin Noongar woman whose ancestral country is in the South Coast of Western Australia. Her debut speculative fiction novel Terra Nullius, written while travelling in a caravan, won a Black&Write! Fellowship and a Norma K Hemming award and has been Shortlisted for the Stella Prize and an Aurealis Award. Her second novel The Old Lie is slated for publication in the second half of 2019.

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